89:51 Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults;
they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. 1
2:8 “I have heard Moab’s taunts
and the Ammonites’ insults.
They 2 taunted my people
and verbally harassed those living in Judah. 3
1 tn Heb “[by] which your enemies, O
2 tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “and they made great [their mouth?] against their territory.” Other possible translation options include (1) “they enlarged their own territory” (cf. NEB) and (2) “they bragged about [the size] of their own territory.”